“The draft we’ve seen is very broad,” he said during the webinar. “It does not mean the way that states implement it is going to be broad. They can be very specific in their language. For insurers or clinical systems that cross state lines, there will be the potential for having different regulations across their networks because of different implementation of this model draft by different state regulatory agencies.”
Stakeholders have until Jan. 12, 2015, to provide comments on the first draft of the model law. The draft will then move through several NAIC committees before becoming a final model and ready for state legislators to review.
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